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Historic preservation

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on identifying and preserving historically important architecture, buildings, sites, and other cultural property.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Mira Mar Hotel and Apartments Petition

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 579
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a petition circulated by the Palm Avenue Merchant group in Sarasota in June 1978 to have the Mira Mar Hotel and Apartments added to the National Register of Historic Places. The petition consists of 64 pages of signatures and addresses of the signers. Jay Starker, a past president of the Palm Avenue Merchants, was a prominent leader in the effort.

Dates: 1978
Found in: Sarasota County History Center

Sarasota School of Architecture Tour Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 580
Scope and Contents

This collection contains color print photographs from a 2001 tour of buildings designed by members of the Sarasota School of Architecture. The tour was part of a broader symposium on the Sarasota School of Architecture held in Sarasota. The symposium was inspired by a survey of Sarasota School-designed homes a few years earlier. Ten buildings are featured in the photographs.

Dates: 2001
Found in: Sarasota County History Center

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